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iPhone is already dumb. It's a toy that's not within the control of its user, and Android is only marginally better. I'm using GNU/Linux on my phone and while i

iPhone is already dumb. It's a toy that's not within the control of its user, and Android is only marginally better. I'm using GNU/Linux on my phone and while it offers me the power of a full unrestricted computing device in my pocket, it only ever distracts me with things I explicitly opted into. Despite of some of its shortcomings, it really ends up being a much calmer and more usable experience overall.

nottorp 2y ago
Tbh it's much easier to turn off all notifications on iOS than other platforms. But say, what happened to Ubuntu? I haven't used desktop linux in quite a few years (in spite of doing headless linux projects 2/3 of the time), now I have a project that requires that I see the desktop and it feels... spammy. What's with all those notifications and auto downloading of updates? Do they want to remind me why my main desktop is a Mac?
- sgarland 2y ago
  Canonical has a poor track record of freedom in general, IMO, at least for desktop. Ubuntu Server is pretty straightforward, but unless you need the extended security updates or Livepatch, I don’t see the point. Between telemetry enabled by default, pushing everything to Snap, and their brief “let’s send searches to Amazon” experiment, it’s a no from me. I’m not a purist who refuses to use non-free things, but I don’t particularly like being herded towards a single way of doing something (Snap). systemd is nearly at my breaking point as it is.
- seba_dos1 2y ago
  > it's much easier to turn off all notifications on iOS than other platforms. ...and much harder to make it notify in exactly the way you want, to make it run what you want, to customize system behaviors. Taming user-hostile applications is a completely different experience to running things that aren't hostile in the first place. > But say, what happened to Ubuntu? tbh it completely left my mind about a decade ago. I don't see any reason to use it over, say, Debian these days.
  - nottorp 2y ago
    > ...and much harder to make it notify in exactly the way you want Disagree here. Might be because I just turn off all notifications. Basically I answer 'no' on the first run of any new app. > to make it run what you want Agree. The EU may force them to accept proper sideloading one day, but this is a topic for another flame war.

nottorp 2y ago

Tbh it's much easier to turn off all notifications on iOS than other platforms. But say, what happened to Ubuntu? I haven't used desktop linux in quite a few years (in spite of doing headless linux projects 2/3 of the time), now I have a project that requires that I see the desktop and it feels... spammy. What's with all those notifications and auto downloading of updates? Do they want to remind me why my main desktop is a Mac?

sgarland 2y ago
Canonical has a poor track record of freedom in general, IMO, at least for desktop. Ubuntu Server is pretty straightforward, but unless you need the extended security updates or Livepatch, I don’t see the point. Between telemetry enabled by default, pushing everything to Snap, and their brief “let’s send searches to Amazon” experiment, it’s a no from me. I’m not a purist who refuses to use non-free things, but I don’t particularly like being herded towards a single way of doing something (Snap). systemd is nearly at my breaking point as it is.
seba_dos1 2y ago
> it's much easier to turn off all notifications on iOS than other platforms. ...and much harder to make it notify in exactly the way you want, to make it run what you want, to customize system behaviors. Taming user-hostile applications is a completely different experience to running things that aren't hostile in the first place. > But say, what happened to Ubuntu? tbh it completely left my mind about a decade ago. I don't see any reason to use it over, say, Debian these days.
- nottorp 2y ago
  > ...and much harder to make it notify in exactly the way you want Disagree here. Might be because I just turn off all notifications. Basically I answer 'no' on the first run of any new app. > to make it run what you want Agree. The EU may force them to accept proper sideloading one day, but this is a topic for another flame war.